Blank-clip



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W. W. PRIGHARD.

'BLANK CLIP.

No. 261,173. Patented July18, 1882.

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WILLIAM W. PRIGHARD, OF RUSSELL, KENTUCKY.

BLANK-CLIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,173, dated July 18,1882.

Application filed May 16, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM WEEKS PRICHARD, acitizen of the United States, residing at Russell, in the county ofGreenup and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and usefulBlank-Clip, (which has not been patented to myself nor to any otherperson, with my consent or knowledge, in any foreign country,) ofwhichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clips for holding bank,telegraph, and other blanks and papers, and its object is to produce anefficient clip of very simple and cheap construction and without partsliable to be deranged or to wear out, which can be made to fasten to apermanent support, or to stand without being fastened to anything, andto fit into a contracted space when necessary, and also of differentsizes for holding the blanks used in offices or the bags andwrapping-papers used in stores without changing the principle of itsconstruction or the manner of its operation. I attain this object bybending elastic wire into any convenient shape, having the followingparts, viz: first, a file for holding papers; second, one or morescrew-eyes to receive screws for fastening the clip to a support or anequivalentbase upon which it can stand without being fastened; and,third, a spring-guard for preventing the papers on the file from beingblown off. The form which I have selected as the simplest, mostefficient, and most easily made out of all which I have used isrepresented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a sideview. Fig. 2 is atop view showing a clip with one screw-eye. Fig. 3 is atop view showing a clip with a base upon which it can stand withoutbeing fastened to anything, and Fig. 4. is a top view showing a clipbent to fit it for a special position.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is the file upon which the papers are attached. It has a sharp pointto pierce the papers as they are put upon it.

B is a screw-eye formed of a single coil of a counter, desk, or wall.

B is a base coil, intended as asubstitute for coil B and to support theclip without its being fastened to anything. The spring-guard is made toconsist of the parts D, E, F, and G, so as to obtain in a small space aspring of considerable length and elasticity and to avoid the use ofsharp angles or points.

D is the lower limb of the spring. E is a coil in the middle of it. E isthe upper limb, and G is ring formed on its end. The ring G is held bythe spring with a slight pressure against the side of file A near itspoint. It therefore effectually prevents the papers on the file fromblowing off, but is easily moved out of the way when papers are beingput on the file, and it allows the thinnest papers to be pulled offwithout being torn.

The size of this clip is determined by the use it is to be put to. Forholding telegraph or bank blanks I find one of about two inches and ahalf long with a file of from half an inch to an inch long veryconvenient, and for holding paper bags or wrapping paper in groceries Ifind one of about four inches long with a file of about two inches longsuitable. The kind of wire suitable for making such articles and themethod of bending it into shape and of pointing the file A are so wellknown to those skilled in the manufacture of wire goods that it isunnecessary to specify them.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A paper-clip consisting ofa continuous piece of elastic wire providedwith a file-point, 'A, a ring-guard, Gr, standing in a plane with saidfile-point, an upper limb, F, spring-coil E, and lower limb, D, having ascrew-eye, B, or its equivalent, as shown and described, all ar-. rangedto operate as set forth.

WILLIAM WEEKS PRIOHARD.

Witnesses:

CHARLES CAMPBELL, BENJAMIN GARVEY.

